15 Fascinating Stories of How the Royals Have Proposed

It wasn't just Prince William who broke with proposal protocol by not asking Kate's father for his daughter's hand in marriage.

Over 60 years earlier, his grandmother the queen said yes to her own proposal without first asking for her parents' permission. The then-Princess Elizabeth was just 20 years old when Prince Philip asked him to marry her while he was staying with her and her family at Balmoral. The princess said yes immediately, but her parents insisted that the couple wait until after her 21st birthday to walk down the aisle.